Last Updated: February 28, 2023, 08:19 IST
India batting nice Sachin Tendulkar
The statue will be unveiled both on April 30, on the event of Sachin Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, or through the 50-over World Cup later this 12 months
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is quickly going to obtain one of many greatest honours for his contribution to Indian and Mumbai cricket. A decade after his retirement from worldwide cricket, a life-size statue of the legendary former cricketer is about to be put in inside the long-lasting Wankhede Stadium, the place he performed his final sport for India, in 2013.
According to Indian Express, the statue will be unveiled both on April 30, on the event of Sachin’s 50th birthday, or through the 50-over World Cup later this 12 months.
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Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Amol Kale instructed the nationwide every day that Sachin has given his consent for what’s going to be the first-ever statue put in contained in the stadium.
“It will be the first statue in Wankhede Stadium, we will decide where it will be placed,” MCA president Amol Kale was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
“He (Tendulkar) is a Bharat Ratna and everyone knows what he has done for cricket. As he turns 50, it will be a small token of appreciation from the MCA. I spoke to him three weeks ago and his consent was received,” Kale mentioned.
There aren’t many life-size statues inside cricket stadiums throughout the nation. So far, there are solely three separate statues of former Indian skipper Colonel CK Nayudu put in at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) stadium in Nagpur, VDCA stadium in Andhra, and Holkar Stadium in Indore.
As far as Wankhede is anxious, there’s a stand named after Sachin Tendulkar, a company field named after former India captain Sunil Gavaskar and one other stand named after former captain Dilip Vengsarkar.
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Sachin has performed 200 Tests, 463 ODIs, and a T20I for India. He has 34, 357 runs throughout codecs and holds the report for many worldwide centuries – 100.
Speaking concerning the statues of cricketers at stadiums, the long-lasting Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has a life-size statue of legendary Shane Warne, who handed away final 12 months.
“It’s a great honour, it’s a bit weird seeing yourself up there but I’m very proud. It’s 300 kilos, that statue! it’s pretty life-like for when I played!” Warne had mentioned at its unveiling in 2011.
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